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The ban of the bra with metallic clasps as part of measures to prevent students from cheating in the just concluded national entrance examination in China drew flack from official media that said such stern steps were “misguided”.

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Over nine million high school students across China took the exams on Friday and yesterday. It is the national college entrance exams,or Gaokao,the sole determinant for admission to virtually all Chinese universities and colleges.

Each year the exam attracts media with novel methods by students to cheat or by officials to prevent fraud.

This year girls students in northeastern Jilin Province were barred from wearing metallic bra clasps as it could be detected by metal detectors.

“The machines won’t even forgive the tiny clasps in girls’ bras. In fact,female students are best advised to wear undershirts instead so that when they pass through security,no ‘zizi’ sound is made,’ state-run Global Times said.